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Engine Control Module: Service and Repair

How to Remove the ECM/PCM for Testing

If the troubleshooting for a code requires voltage or resistance checks at the ECM/PCM connectors, remove the ECM/PCM and test it:
1. Jump the SCS line with the Honda PGM Tester or the HDS.
2. Remove the passenger's dashboard lower cover, the right kick panel, and the grove box.





3. Cut the plastic cross brace in the glove box opening with diagonal cutters in the area shown, and discard it.




4. Remove the relays (A), then remove the bolts (B) and the glove box frame (C).




5. Remove the gray 20P ECM/PCM wire harness connector (A) from the ECM/PCM mounting bracket. Remove the ECM/PCM mounting bolt (B) and the bracket.
6. Remove the nuts (C), then remove the ECM/PCM (D).
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